| 单词 | rudder man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrudder man rudder man n. [compare earlier steersman n. and also helmsman n.; compare also Middle Low German rōdersman] a person who controls the rudder of a boat. ΚΠ c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Than the master cryit on the rudir man. 1868 Friends' Intelligencer 25 Apr. 121/2 Our boat measures eighty feet by sixteen, with a crew of ten men, besides a reis, rudder-man and boy. 1969 R. E. Palmer Hermeneutics viii. 116 He [sc. man] is not so much the rudder man on an already finished ship as rather the architect of the ship itself. 2003 D. Nuvayouma in D. M. McInerney & S. Van Etten Sociocultural Infl. & Teacher Educ. Programs v. 85 I am..part of a [canoe] crew that includes 13 people: young women, older women, young men, and the rudder man at the stern. < as lemmas |
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